Nori Islands in the Maia Song Contest

Nori Islands participated at the Maia Song Contest for the first time in Maia Song Contest 1.

Maia Song Contest 1
Namawaka Television confirmed that the Nori Islands would participate in the début Maia Song Contest on June 10th. It was later revealed that Lights would represent the islands with her song "Meteorites". She placed 19th in the final with 34 points.



Maia Song Contest 2
Lucy Hale revealed that she would represent the nation at the Maia Song Contest on July 12th after episode 4 of Pretty Little Liars. Her song, "Lie a Little Better", which went straight to number one on the Nori music charts, was announced as the entry on July 17th. Despite being a front runner in the odds, Hale failed to qualify from the second semi final after finishing 11th with 54 points. This made headline news in the Nori Journal, with Hale describing the non-qualification as "incredibly embarrassing, yet humbling". Lie a Little Better went on to top charts in Kaohportia.



Maia Song Contest 3
Namawaka Television confirmed the Nori Islands' participation on the 27th of August, with the Nori entry being the first to be revealed on September 1st. Janel Parrish was selected with her single "Rainy Day" to represent the islands, making her the second Pretty Little Liars actress to represent the Nori Islands at the Maia Song Contest, after Lucy Hale in the second edition. Hale gave her best wishes to Parrish after the entry was announced. Amid a negative reception, Parrish failed to qualify to the final, continuing the streak of Nori failure at the contest.

Maia Song Contest 4
Eden xo was confirmed as the Nori representative for the fourth edition on the 3rd of October and her song "El Barrio" was confirmed as the entry on the same day. Once again, the islands failed to reach the final of the contest: Eden proclaimed to the Nori Journal that the result was "simply disappointing", however wished the qualifiers luck for the final.

Maia Song Contest 5
Following Eden xo's failure to qualify to the grand final, it was rumoured that Namawaka Television was to pull out for the fifth edition, however on October 29th it was confirmed that the Nori Islands would remain in the competition and would hold a national final, Kia Ora Maia!, which consisted of eight different acts competing to represent the nation on the Maia stage. Competitors included big names such as Eden xo, Carly Rae Jepsen, Alyssa Reid and Elva Hsiao, but it was Cam who won on the night with her song "Burning House", six points ahead of Alyssa Reid with "Satisfaction Guaranteed". Cam failed to qualify to the final following her performance in the first semi final, describing the result as "disheartening". This was to become the second time the Nori Islands finished second to last place in a semi final.

Maia Song Contest 6
Immediately after Cam's non-qualification, the Nori head of delegation cited that Namawaka Television would be "bringing out the big guns" for the sixth edition. After several frustrating delays and push-backs, Tiffany Houghton was confirmed as the Nori representative with her song "I'm Gonna Love You" on the 28th of December, much to the support of Britney Spears, who tweeted her support for Houghton straight after the announcement. When questioned about a potential participation in the contest, Spears revealed that her track "Make Me..." was originally going to be the Nori entry, but Spears withdrew the track hours before the announcement show, hence the delays in the Nori announcement. Despite Spears' backing, the island nation did not qualify to the grand final for a fifth time.



Maia Song Contest 7
On February 3rd Namawaka Television confirmed that Kia Ora Maia! would be returning for a second edition for a live final on February 8th. Returning act Carly Rae Jepsen won against competition from Eden xo, Alyssa Reid and Paris Hilton, taking the ticket to the song contest with her hit single "Run Away With Me". After five editions relegated to the semi finals, Jepsen brought the islands back into the grand final, marking the end of Nori non-qualificaiton by placing 10th in the semi final. The Nori Islands were the last nation to qualify to the grand final whilst having participated in every edition. Ultimately Jepsen placed 7th in the final, scoring 117 points. Following the grand final, in an interview with Citrus TV Jepsen described the experience as "a whirlwind of emotions".

Maia Song Contest 8
Despite rumours that Namawaka Television would be withdrawing the islands from the contest, on March 18th it was confirmed that Nori actress pop sensation Hilary Duff would be representing the Nori Islands with her song "Sparks". Duff had previously attempted to represent the nation for the fifth edition of the contest, losing the national final to Cam. Duff managed to continue Nori success in the contest by qualifying to the grand final after finishing in 10th place in the semi final, ultimately leading to a 13th place finish in the grand final.

Maia Song Contest 9
Kia Ora Maia! III ran once again as the Nori national selection for the ninth edition of the contest, with Natalia Kills winning with her song "Mirrors" over acts such as Fefe Dobson and Wynter Gordon, who were also competing for the Nori ticket to Arkaystia. Kills went on to represent the Nori Islands in Zemlya Plyazhiv, where she failed to qualify from the first semi final. Following her non-qualification, Kills suggested to Nori media that she did not qualify due to bloc voting.



Maia Song Contest 10
Although country singer RaeLynn and her song "Love Triangle" was originally announced as the Nori representative for the tenth edition, it was later revealed that RaeLynn had decided to withdraw from the competition, leaving Namawaka Television to find another representative. On the final day of the entry announcement period, Namawaka Television revealed that Wynter Gordon would be representing the Nori Islands with her English-Zulu song "Stimela" (Train), marking the first Nori entry to feature non-English lyrics. Gordon failed to qualify from the second semi final of the contest.

Contestants
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Spin-offs
The Nori Islands have competed in two spin-off contests.

Voting history
As of #1, Nori Islands' voting history is as follows: